One character in this story resembles the story's speaker when he is asked to heave a door off its hinges. Another character in this story visits the blacksmith Jarvis, where he borrows from him a coulter. That character is described as being "some deal squeamish of farting" and is named Absalom. The student Nicholas tricks the carpenter John into 
One character in this story resembles the story's speaker when he is asked to heave a door off its hinges. Another character in this story visits the blacksmith Jarvis, where he borrows from him a coulter. That character is described as being "some deal squeamish of farting" and is named Absalom. The student Nicholas tricks the carpenter John into thinking there is a great flood coming, which is part of his ploy to get in bed with Alison. For 10 points, name this story followed by "The Reeve's Tale," a ribald section of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
One character in this story resembles the story's speaker when he is asked to heave a door off its hinges.
"The {Miller's} Tale"